Improvement in hose-couplings



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SYLVESTER W. WARREN, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOSE-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 28,221, dated May 8,1860.

To LZZ wiz/0m, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SYLvEsTER W. WAR- REN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented and made a certain new and useful Improvement in Couplings for Pipes, Hose, dse.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the construction and operation of my said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l isvertical section of said coupling, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the saine.

Similar letters denote the same parts.

Screw-couplings for leather or other hose have heretofore been made so as to confine a leather or elastic washer between the ends ot' the metallic thiinbles connected to the respective lengths ot hose, and the union joint7 is well known for steam, water, and gas pipes and joints, and there have been instances in which a pin has been inserted through two pipes slipped into each other for the purpose of holding them together. All these devices are Inore or less objectionable. The screwcouplings do not always fit each other, and the power required for screwing the pipes tightly together often twists or injures one of said pipes and difficulty arises in keeping the parts water or steam tight.

My said invention, as distinguished from all others, consists in a pipe or hollow seatfor a key, which key passes across through one pipe and acts against the edges of Inortises in a surrounding pipe to force the ends of said pipes or couplings toward each other and make a perfectly tight connection, because the key passing transverselyof the pipe or coupling cannot leak, being inclosed in the case or pipe formed across the coupling to receive said key.

In the drawings, u is a coupling attached to or formed with the pipe or hose, and I) is the other part of the couplin g.

l l are the cylindrical parts, to which the respective pipes or hose are secured bya screw, ring, rivets, or other well-known means.

The coupling 0L is suHicientlylarge to allow the coupling b to enter within it, and at 2 and 3 the respective parts are formed as seats, coming in contact with each other or with an intervening washer. Then a washer is introd ucedat this point, the respective seats should be flat; but when formed conical, as shown, they should be ground to a true joint.

c is the cross-key, introduced through the hollow seat 4, that passes across the coupling b, and in the coupling a Inortises 5 are introduced. It will now be evident that when the part-s t and h are placed together and the key driven up the two parts will be connected together steam, Huid, or water tight. The key c is to take a bearin g upon the bottom of the seat 4 next the seats 2 3, while the resisting parts of the mortises 5 take against the other side of the key.

The coupling c maybe made with lugs projecting out so as to protect thekey from being accidentally knocked out, or a clampingscrew or equivalent means may be used to hold the key in its place.

The hollow key-seat 4, passing across the bore of the coupling b, will not obstruct the iow of liquid if inclined or tapered 'at the edges, and the coupling at this point may be SYLVESTER IV. VARREN.

Titnessesz LEMUEL W. SERRELL, CHAs. H. SMITH. 

